AGL asked more questions about CSG activities

A Manning community action group has raised fresh concerns about AGL's proposed coal seam gas activities in the Gloucester Valley.

A community forum on coal seam gas mining in Gloucester last week attracted around 400 people.

Chris Sheed with the Manning Clean Water Action Group says he asked how AGL will dispose of salt from produced water at its sites.

He says AGL has previously mentioned disposing of the salt at the Taree Landfill, but the AGL meeting representative said he wasn't aware of that proposal.

"I advised him that I had spoken to Taree Council about this and they said they knew nothing of it.

"He said that he was not aware of any document that indicated that salt was going to be sent to Taree Landfill depot which astounded me and I said I would provide him with the details of the document which I have done and it actually comes out of AGL's very own environmental assessment," he said.

He says the forum about proposed coal seam gas activities in the Gloucester Valley raised more questions than it answered.

The meeting gave residents a chance to question AGL about its coal seam gas activities in the region.

Mr Sheed says AGL wasn't able to provide any clear answers about how it will dispose of salt from produced water at its sites.

"This salt has been assessed for its toxicity before it's even processed.

"I think the issues surrounding the whole project are very big ones, not only the salt, but where is the water going to come from which has to be pumped into the well, it's the whole industrialisation of the Gloucester Valley," he said.